Monday, 18 February 2013

20130218 (I) Character Education & Digital Citizenship Programme

What it means to be Digital Citizens?

me, myself and my cyber persona

Activity 1AWatch the following video and post your responses as comment to the questions that follows Video is on “On-line Dangers”.

This video is about a young girl who is chatting to a man
she does not know. The man asks her to meet him and she does. She really likes
the man and thinks he makes her feel special! but is that really the truth?

1. It is possible that the person you are talking to has a fake identity, so they can easily trick you into doing things that you will regret later.2. The man pretended to be a good guy, praising her etc. So she started to trust him, thinking he has good intentions.3. You can make up a fake identity, so no one really knows who you might really be.

What are the nature of the cyber dangers presented in the scenario?As presented in the scenario, the cyber dangers are normally cyber users in dilemma as they are "threatened" by "cyber bullies".

Why do you think she succumbed so easily to the temptations that eventually led her to be a victim?She was unaware of the guy's evil intentions and thought that he was a nice person. Convinced by the culprit's sweet talk, she might not have been aware of the dangers and didn't take note of the consequences.

Why is it so easy to assume a different persona online?Internet users are smart enough not to use their real identity, so pictures, particulars and other information might not really be theirs.Moreover, people tend to treat you nicer when you introduced to them and their true colours will later emerge after knowing them well. With these fake information on themselves and their "sweet talk" people tend to assume these people as good people and trust them.